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Krista Rogers
Starting with a love of J-Pop and J-dramas when she was 13, Krista Rogers has left her quiet New England hometown in the States both to study abroad in Tokyo and to work on the JET Program in beautiful Yamagata prefecture. She misses chatting in the local dialect and staging Kamehameha battles in the hallway with her students. Although she's currently working on her master's degree in Boston, she will without a doubt be back in Japan before long and buying way too much at Book-Off and Tower Records again. When she needs a break from schoolwork, Krista enjoys eating yakiniku, figure skating, finding cute cafes, watching Big Bang MVs, and continuing on her quest to catch 'em all.
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We snag sleek T-shirts celebrating JR Higashi-Nakano Station’s 115th year in operation
- Krista Rogers
Jun 15, 2021 - Tweet
Mr. Sato is never one to pass up a good T-shirt–especially one that salutes his home train line!
- Japan
- (Chuo-Sobu Line • COK • fashion • Higashi-Nakano Station • JR East • Mr. Sato • Nakano • SNJO • t-shirts • Tokyo • trains)
Tokyo luxury hotel teams up with Cup Noodle for 50th anniversary ramen cocktails and course meals
- Krista Rogers
Jun 15, 2021
‘Cause what better way to celebrate turning 50 than with some “noods”?
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • collaboration • Cup Noodle • dining • food • fusion • Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo • Nissin • shinjuku)
Bandai releases a retro item with zodiac signs in gachapon capsule toy form…but what is it?
- Krista Rogers
Jun 8, 2021
This little device could almost always be found in cafés in Japan throughout the latter part of the Showa Period (1926-1989).
- Japan
- (capsule toy • fortune-telling • fun • gachapon • luck • miniature • omikuji • retro • roulette • Showa • vending machine • zodiac signs)
Japan’s revised child care law makes it easier for fathers to take four weeks of paternity leave
- Krista Rogers
Jun 8, 2021
The law also pressures workplaces to make child care leave policies transparent to soon-to-be parents.
- Japan
- (approved • babies • Child Care and Family Care Leave Law • childcare • family • National Diet • paternity leave • revised)
Sip your coffee like a yakuza boss at Nagoya’s newly opened Ninkyo Cafe
- Krista Rogers
Jun 2, 2021
The Ninkyo Café is furnished like a yakuza office and provides opportunities to participate in special events with the staff.
- Japan
- (Aichi • cafes • mafia • Nagoya • Ninkyo Cafe • Organized crime • weird • yakuza)
The Japan Ninja Council opens crowdfunding campaign for Nindo, the Online Ninja Academy
- Krista Rogers
Jun 1, 2021
The Last Ninja Master seeks to establish the first and only online certificate platform for anyone in the world to become a Master of Ninja.
- Japan
- (crowdfunding • e-learning • Japan Ninja Council • Jinichi Kawakami • Kickstarter • Ninja • Ninja Academy • Ninjutsu • shinobi • Yuji Yamada)
Maybelline and Furifu release a retro-modern “Traditions of Japan” yukata collection
- Krista Rogers
May 25, 2021
These six coordinated ensembles mix cosmetics with yukata and include a specially designed yukata inspired by one of the lipstick colors.
- Japan
- (collaboration • collection • coordinate • cosmetics • fashion • Furifu • lipstick • makeup • Maybelline New York • shopping • yukata)
The Station Idol Latch! project gifts us with 30 male idols for 30 Yamanote Line stations
- Krista Rogers
May 25, 2021
JR East’s newest venture reimagines each of the 30 stations on Tokyo’s most famous train line as a singing and performing idol.
- Japan
- (Idols • JR East • music • project • Station Idol Latch! • Tokyo • train stations • voice actor • Yamanote line)
Why did this stand-and-eat soba noodle shop in Tokyo open in the middle of the pandemic?
- Krista Rogers
May 19, 2021
At a time when many small restaurants are going out of business, we speak to the manager of one that took the exact opposite approach.
- Japan
- (business • food • Nojiro • Noodles • pandemic • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • soba • stand-and-eat • tachigui • Tokyo)
Sheena Ringo’s latest music video leaves us spellbound by its traditional Japanese aesthetics
- Krista Rogers
May 18, 2021
Tokyo Jihen pays homage to multiple facets of traditional Japanese culture in this breathtaking new music video.
- Japan
- (beautiful • culture • J-Pop • Japanese aesthetic • music • music video • musicians • Sheena Ringo • Tokyo Incidents • Tokyo Jihen • video)
Mr. Sato reveals his new suit jacket’s hidden, convertible secret
- Krista Rogers
May 11, 2021
This intriguing clothing item transforms into another practical and “packable” accessory.
- Japan
- (convertible • fashion • Mr. Sato • style • suit jacket • suits • Yofuku no Aoyama)
Hello Kitty x Choju Giga “Frolicking Animals” dishware based on the world’s oldest manga is here
- Krista Rogers
May 11, 2021
Hello Kitty has fallen down the rabbit hole into a world of whimsical animals in this gorgeous line of ceramics from an established Kyoto shop.
- Japan
- (animals • anthropomorphic • ceramics • Choju-Giga • Choju-jinbutsu-giga • collaboration • dishware • fun • Hello Kitty • Kyoto • picture scrolls • Sanrio • Tachikichi • whimsical)
Got a hankering for hanpen? Here’s how to make your own Japanese fish cakes【SoraKitchen】
- Krista Rogers
May 7, 2021
This particular style of fish cake dates back to the Edo period (1603-1868) and is made using only three key ingredients.
Kyoto families angered by new policy forcing high school students to buy tablets at own expense
- Krista Rogers
May 5, 2021
Kyoto’s mandate seems to be one of the most burdensome on families in light of national directives for equipping students with electronic devices.
- Japan
- (board of education • COK • education • high school • high schools • ipad • Kyoto • schools • secondary education • society • tablets • technology)
Retailer Muji converts all plastic beverage bottles into aluminum cans
- Krista Rogers
Apr 28, 2021
The minimalist home goods, apparel, and food chain enacts a plan to be more environmentally conscious.
- Japan
- (aluminum • beverage • environmentally friendly • muji • PET bottle • plastic)
We made three kinds of hassle-free dashi soup stock using the handily microwavable Dashi Pot
- Krista Rogers
Apr 27, 2021
This simple device could change your Japanese cooking routine forever.
The top 10 universities in Japan determined by 2021 World University Rankings
- Krista Rogers
Apr 21, 2021
Top ten universities in the overall ranking are situated in nine different Japanese prefectures.
- Japan
- (COK • colleges • education • ranking • schools • Times Higher Education • universities • World University Rankings)
Animage x Ghibli art exhibition in Ginza celebrates the history of Nausicaä, Ghibli works
- Krista Rogers
Apr 20, 2021
Anime magazine partners with Studio Ghibli for archival displays, a collaboration cafe menu, and reissued bonus merch for sale.
- Japan
- (Animage • anime • art • cafe • exhibition • food • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • Matsuya Ginza • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli)
Mr. Sato attacks a massive castle of seafood at a new restaurant in Tokyo Skytree’s Solamachi
- Krista Rogers
Apr 13, 2021
This particular dish with a really, really long name is a veritable gastronomic fortress waiting to be conquered.
- Japan
- (dining • donburi • food • gourmet • mega portion • Mr. Sato • Nidaime Noguchi Sengyoten • Restaurant • rice bowls • seafood • Solamachi • Tokyo Skytree)
Pokémon Shirts releases two styles of customizable aprons with all 151 Kanto Pokémon designs
- Krista Rogers
Apr 13, 2021
New aprons are here for completing your home cooking, gardening, and other household chores in perfect Poké-style.
- Japan
- (accessory • aprons • clothing • customization • design • home • Original Stitch • Pokemon • Pokémon Shirts)
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